Today, I told my daughter that she won't be going to her homecoming dance as punishment for her terrible grades. She's been crying and singing "If I Die Young" in her room for hours. At this point, I don't know if I need to call a therapist or a vocal coach. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I told my mom that I want to try out for a singing competition on TV, so I might be able to kick off my musical career. She convinced me to sing a song for her, so I did. Mid-way through, she lost it, burst into laughter, and told me to stay in school. FML
Today, my daughter told me she would rather hang herself than hang out with me. All I did was remind her to go to bed at a reasonable time to get some sleep for an activity she likes doing. FML
Today, my neighbours' whiny emo of a daughter got dumped by her boyfriend. In her infinite wisdom, she's chosen to cope by playing on her recorder the worst rendition of "My Heart Will Go On" that I've ever heard. It's been going on all day. Now I know why he dumped this idiot. FML
Today, my teenage daughter came out into the living room and began belting out a song. When I cleared my throat, she screamed, turned beet red, and said, “I THOUGHT I WAS ALONE!” She’d been hiding all day, and to say I'm judging her would be an understatement. FML
Today, I was practicing for a choir concert that I have next week. My mom walked into my room and listened to me for a little while. After I finished the last song, she smiled, patted me on the head and said, "It's okay honey, I can't sing either." FML
Today, I came home and told my mom that I got the lead in the school musical, which I was very happy about. She pulled me into a hug then said, "But you know you can't really sing, right?" FML
Today, I was feeling depressed. I overheard my mom crying on the phone. She said, “If my daughter kills herself, who’s going to do the dishes?” FML
Today, my daughter turned Emo. FML
Today, my fiancée told me she was having a bad day while we were lying in bed. Just as she was about to fall asleep I thought it would be sweet if I sang her a song that her Mom sang to her when she was a child. Instead, I was told to shut the fuck up and that I sucked. FML
Today, I got a call from my daughter’s school. They found her on the roof, threatening to kill herself. I had to pretend to sound scared and sad over the phone, but in reality, the only emotion I could feel was extreme joy. FML
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jay2121 3
What about a tutor instead of both?
Valdrek 26
She may be giving you a hard time now, but I honestly believe that if you stick it out and teach her that her actions have consequences, she will appreciate it so much more when she is an adult and be better of for it.
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countrygirl626 16
I honestly applaud you. Some of you are saying she may not understand material. Then she should have asked for help to understand before homecoming. On top of that, high schools usually have homecoming every year. If she's not a senior, she has at least one more year. And for me honestly? 20 years from now, I will probably not remember my homecomings. I agree with what one commenter said: if not going to homecoming ruins her life, she has an easy life.
CanCann 16
I think that's good parenting IF your daughter had the potential and ability to earn good grades and slacked off. If your daughter seriously tried and couldn't comprehend then you may be harsh. However I'm sure you wouldn't have posted here if your daughter weren't totally cApable of making good grades so thanks for being a caring enough parent to show your daughter that actions have consequences.
monkiki62 5
Your an asshole. Its a supervised school dance that happens once a year. How about you get her a tutor for her grades. Or tell her she can go to the dance but she cant go out or see her friends other than that for two weeks.
chickenpie90 16
I think it's awful you're not letting her go. So what if her grades aren't amazingly high. I too hope she sings louder.
mosquito19 14
what did you do to help her achieve her grades?
howrudoin 11
when I was in middle school (in asia) was getting my ass whopped for every point that i missed from the perfect score lol. Other punishments consisted of kneeling on some hard surface with arms stuck out for almost the whole night just for lying. I didnt even get to go to any of my proms (had to work) let along homecoming, kids today have the easy life and cry about the smallest punishments lol.
scooter50 12
punishment for bad grades absolute horseshit
ElhonnaDS 10
I feel like a lot of these comments about how unfair it is to punish people for poor grades would hold more water if they were properly punctuated, used correct capitalization, were grammatically correct, etc. Otherwise, you're kind of hurting your own case. "i nvr gots punishid for doin bad in skool, and its not fare that you doughtar cant go to tha dance bcause your tryin two contoul her," is not a compelling argument for the relative importance of good grades vs. attending homecoming in determining how someone turns out as an adult.
OverBlossomed 22
Who cares? Homecoming is overrated anyway. It's nothing more than a stupid, over-glamorized dance for people to waste money on. Your daughter's better off staying home and doing nothing all night than wasting a night of her life that she can't get back at a ridiculous, over-the-top dance party.
patriot248 4
At least the parents can rest easy knowing she won't come back pregnant. Not saying anything toward their daughter because I don't know her personally but all the dances were just excuses to go hookup, get drunk and get laid where I'm from. The dances themselves weren't too supervised either.
RosenT1990 9
If she has terrible grades, then she should be spending time studying or getting tutored, instead of going to homecoming. What's more important? Homecoming, or good grades?
OverBlossomed 22
Right, because it's the only night she'll ever have to study. As pathetic as I think homecoming is and that she'd be better off doing anything else, that's a bad argument.